Lotterywest, formerly the Lotteries Commission of Western Australia, is an Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n lotteries

Lottery

A lottery is a form of gambling which involves the drawing of lots for a prize.Lottery is outlawed by some governments, while others endorse it to the extent of organizing a national or state lottery. It is common to find some degree of regulation of lottery by governments...

 corporation run by the State Government

Government of Western Australia

The formation of the Government of Western Australia is prescribed in its Constitution, which dates from 1890, although it has been amended many times since then...

 of Western Australia

Western Australia

Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...

. Lotterywest sells lottery tickets and "instant win" scratchcard

Scratchcard

A scratchcard is a small card, often made of thin paper-based card for competitions and plastic to conceal PINs, where one or more areas contain concealed information which can...

s through a network of newsagents and other authorised retailers. It syndicates national lottery games including Saturday Lotto, Oz Lotto, Powerball, Monday Lotto, and Wednesday lotto; it also administers the locally run Cash 3 game.

All the revenue spent on Lotterywest's games is ultimately returned to the Western Australian community, with the majority as prize money, as well as in grants to community groups. A set percentage is put aside for funding public hospitals, sporting groups and arts organisations. Lotterywest directly sponsors the Perth International Arts Festival

Perth International Arts Festival

The Perth International Arts Festival is Australia's longest running cultural festival, held annually in Western Australia between February-March. The program features contemporary and classical music, dance, theatre, opera, visual arts, large-scale public works, Lotterywest Festival Films and the...

, Australia Day

Australia Day

Australia Day is the official national day of Australia...

 celebrations, local film funding body Screenwest, the Scitech

Scitech

Scitech is a not-for-profit organisation whose mission is to increase interest and participation by Western Australians in science and technology...

 organisation, and was the major sponsor of the Lotterywest Skyworks

Lotterywest Skyworks

The City of Perth Skyworks is a fireworks show that is held over the section of the Swan River in Perth, Western Australia known as Perth Water. It is held every Australia Day on the 26th of January....

 for 15 years (1995 - 2010)

The Lotteries Commission of Western Australia was first established in 1933.